Critics have compared her work to Nan Goldin’s flash-lit intimacy and William Eggleston’s democratic vision. However, White’s addition is the code—the archival timestamp. By titling her works with strings like "deeper 23 06 15," she forces the viewer to confront the photograph as a data file, not a window.
White has since refused to repeat the method. Deeper remains a singular body of work: 23 exposures, only 12 of which have been shown publicly. The rest, she says, are “too deep to exhibit. Those are for J. and me.” deeper 23 06 15 jennifer white flash photograph work